IPE Organizations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Stationed within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the mission of AHRQ is to ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe, available, and affordable healthcare on a nationwide scale. TeamStepps is an AHRQ patient safety training resource.
American Interprofessional Education Collaborative (AIHC): The AIHC offers the Leadership Webinar Series, a forum for leaders committed to reshaping systems through showcasing significant transformational interprofessional education and collaborative practice efforts.
Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE): This center provides several resources for interprofessional education, including reports, articles, publications, presentations, and online education resources.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: IHI is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of improvement science, person and family-centered care, patient safety, quality cost and value in healthcare delivery, and the achievement of the Triple Aim.
Interprofessional Education Collaborative: Composed of fifteen US health profession education associations of schools of the health professions, IPEC promotes organizational efforts that advance interprofessional learning.
Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education: This center offers a wide variety of resources, including the center’s programs and initiatives, the latest advances in research and evaluation, innovative teaching models, and assessment tools.
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation: Founded by Kate Macy Ladd in memory of her father, prominent philanthropist Josiah Macy Jr., the Foundation supports projects that broaden and improve health professional education.
MedEdPORTAL Interprofessional (IPE) Portal: This portal is designed to foster the identification, development, and deployment of educational resources aimed at supporting team-based or collaborative care essential to training an interprofessional workforce.
National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education: The National Center offers and supports evaluation, research, data, and evidence that ignites the field of interprofessional practice and education and leads to better care, added value, and healthier communities.
University of Toronto Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE) : This center provides resources, tools, and a sample of research papers for people planning, facilitating or participating in IPE activities.
University of Washington Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Research, and Practice: This center provides a resource library, various publications, learning modules, and simulation resources to aid in interprofessional education.
Seminal Publications
Interprofessional Education Collaborative. Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Version 3. 2023.
National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment. NCICLE Pathways to Excellence 2021.
- The NCICLE Pathways document is a tool for promoting discussions and actions to optimize the clinical learning environment (CLE). It frames each of the pathways and properties from the health system’s perspective, recognizing that health care organizations create and are therefore primarily responsible for the CLE. This focus emphasizes the importance of the interface between learners and the medical centers, ambulatory sites, and other health care settings across the continuum of care that serve as CLEs.
Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative (HPAC). Guidance on Developing Quality Interprofessional Education for the Health Professions. 2019.